Participants, We have travel funds available for 4 participants to attend the [DREAM Conference at RECOMB/ISCB](https://www.iscb.org/recomb-regsysgen2016) happening in Phoenix November 6-9. In order to apply we ask that you submit a cover letter stating your intent to apply and highlighting your submission materials. Please include the Synapse ID(s) of your challenge project, and be sure that your project is shared with the [Respiratory Viral Evaluation Panel team](https://www.synapse.org/#!Team:3345269) so that the judges can review your write-ups and submission materials. Please also include your career stage (e.g. undergraduate, grad student, post doc, assistant professor, etc) and institution in your cover letter. Letters should be no more than one page in length. Application cover letters should be saved in the [Travel Award Applications](syn7256547) folder by September 30th at 5pm PDT. The judging criteria for travel awards are as follows: - Soundness of statistical methods (30%) - Novelty of statistical method (25%) - Quality of write-up (10%) - Quality of code (10%) - Completeness of Submission Elements (10%) - Number of sub challenge participated in (5%) - Leaderboard scores (showing predictability) (5%) - Career stage (5%) If you have any questions about these instructions, please post them to the challenge discussion board.